Summary:City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”— a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run,City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”— a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.…Expand
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Good, but not great, documentary about the citizen media group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. I have seen other docs about the Syria war that hit me harder in some ways, as much of the time the main characters in this are fairly safe in hotel rooms or safehouses in Europe/Germany etc., but...it was still a pretty solidly good Doc and definitely worth seeing if you are interested in this subject matter.…Expand